Public Restrooms Webmap

The Project for Sanitation Justice began in 2020 with a simple goal: to locate and map all public restroom facilities across San Diego County.

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Award-Winning Storymap

PSJ’s lead student mapper, Adriana Rios, won the prestigious 2023 Award in Communication in the Spatial Thinking Student Competition from Esri and the International Statistics Institute for her work mapping public restroom availability near transit in San Diego.

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Nicolas' Acceptance to USC

PSJ’s Social Media Director, Nicolas Gutierrez III, graduated from SDSU with his Master’s degree in Criminology & Criminal Justice in 2023, and began his PhD in Sociology at the University of Southern California.

MWC Dignity Defender Award

In October 2023, PSJ Director Dr Megan Welsh Carroll received the inaugural Dignity Defender of the Year Award from Think Dignity. She shares the award with Judy Vaughs of Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest.

Who We Are

The Project for Sanitation Justice (“PSJ”) is an academic-community partnership among San Diego State University faculty and student researchers, and Think Dignity, a grassroots San Diego organization that advances basic dignity for people experiencing homelessness through advocacy and innovation.

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map of public restrooms in San Diego
Dr. Swayne and Adriana working on a mapping project for the Project for Sanitation Justice

Who We Are

The Project for Sanitation Justice (“PSJ”) is an academic-community partnership among San Diego State University faculty and student researchers, and Think Dignity, a grassroots San Diego organization that advances basic dignity for people experiencing homelessness through advocacy and innovation.

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Dr. Swayne and Adriana working on a mapping project for the Project for Sanitation Justice

What We Do

The Project for Sanitation Justice (“PSJ”) was co-founded in 2020 by SDSU faculty and students and Think Dignity, a San Diego grassroots organization. Our central goal is to gather rigorous, high-quality data on public restrooms and other basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (“WaSH”) resources in San Diego County and across California.

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Dr. Felner from the Project for Sanitation Justice Speaks to Local Media

What We Do

PSJ was founded in 2020. Our central goal is to gather rigorous, high-quality data on public restrooms and other basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (“WaSH”) resources in San Diego County and across California, and to use these data to inform smarter and more equitable distribution of WaSH resources.

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Why We Do It

We believe that safe and consistent access to drinking water, toilets, menstrual hygiene products, and other basic sanitation resources are fundamental human rights, cornerstones of public health, and essential public services.

Dr. Felner from the Project for Sanitation Justice Speaks to Local Media
Dr. Felner from the Project for Sanitation Justice Speaks to Local Media

Why We Do It

We believe that safe and consistent access to drinking water, toilets, menstrual hygiene products, and other basic sanitation resources are fundamental human rights, cornerstones of public health, and essential public services.